Gossip Friday: Dad Gable

From 1948:

Very little has been written about Clark Gable’s devotion to his father. Seldom, if ever, did they pose for pictures together. And all for good reason. Clark’s dad was proud of his son, but wanted no part of the spotlight. He lived close to the Gable ranch with Clark’s adored stepmother. She died recently and while Clark was in Europe, his father followed her. Clark hurried home for the funeral. There were no crowds, no clicking cameras. That was the way Dad Gable would have wanted it. During all his years in Hollywood, unless he was out of town, Clark never missed Sunday night dinner with his family. Thus continues the Gable legend.

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What fluff. He and his father were not really that close and bumped heads often. He took care of his father, but they weren’t best buddies. And I sincerely doubt he had dinner with his father every Sunday!

I have always wondered why Clark’s father was cremated and is in a mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. In 1948, Carole had already died and Clark had purchased the plot next to her for himself, at Forest Lawn in Glendale. So why was his dad put in Hollywood Forever? Hmm.